I bought a new truck!

[TheDan]

Just to frame this properly; this is my first actual new vehicle... Before this, my "newest" car was already 5 years old when I bought it, and before that I refused to pay more than $1000 for any vehicle. My previous truck was a '98 C1500 that had 250k miles on it, lol... I've always driven fun beaters, so this is kind of a big deal for me.

So here she is: 2013 Toyota Tundra Texas edition

She's big... Technically a 1/2 ton truck, but really I would put her closer to the 3/4 ton class. My old C1500 looks small compared to it. I really thought I was going to buy a F150, but after I test drove the Tundra it was no contest. The power and handling is impressive for a vehicle of this size. Oh, and if anyone wants to poo-poo it for being a Jap truck, it's made in TX which is more than I can say for that NAFTA-truck Chevy I had before

I'm not sure if I got an amazing deal on it or anything, but they did offer me a really low interest rate and best of all they gave me $1750 on my old Chevy. I bought it for $500 and only spent about $150 on it in the few years that I owned it, lol...

 

[hkusp1]

Good choice.

 

[alexrex20]

that's a good lucking truck!!!

congrats!

 

[orbitup]

Nice truck, congratulations!

 

[TexasRedneck]

They're nice trucks...but yer in for a shock on the gas mileage - just ask ChunkyMonkey....<G> His was so bad that he paid a drunk to run into him....<g,d&rlh>

 

[alexrex20]

who's that sexy thang in the last pic?

 

[Skip]

Congrats!!! It's a nice looking truck for sure.

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

Awesome truck.

Now use it to drive your ass to get a haircut ya' hippy.

 

[TexasRedneck]

who's that sexy thang in the last pic?

Never knew ya swung that way....

 

[grasshopperglock]

awesome truck.

Now use it to drive your ass to get a haircut ya' hippy.

lmao.........

 

[Texan2]

If I were to buy a new half ton....it would be a Tundra. Screw the UAW!

 

[TheDan]

They're nice trucks...but yer in for a shock on the gas mileage

I wouldn't have bought the damn thing if I were concerned about milage. IF I can keep my foot out of it, I get around 14mpg. Problem is the loud pedal is too much fun. I get more like 12mpg with the way I drive, lol...

I didn't buy a Wankel for the mileage either. The RX8 gets around 18mpg. I guess I'll be "forced" to ride the bike for the fuel economy

Now use it to drive your ass to get a haircut ya' hippy.

Not everyone can pull off the Jeremiah Johnson look. I won't think less of you for being intimidated by it.

who's that sexy thang in the last pic?

See, Alex gets it... Wait, is that a good thing? ಠ_ಠ

Screw the UAW!

lol yep... another selling point

 

[zembonez]

Nice ride man.

 

[okie556]

Super nice ride there. Like you said.....screw the mileage. If you get a bad enough truck to pull or haul what you want......gonna burn some fuel! Again.....nice ride!

 

[zembonez]

Any full sized V8 truck is going to get crappy mileage. It comes with the territory. I don't have any intentions of giving mine up.

 

[1slow01Z71]

Some of us GM fellas have been able to get very high teens and low 20s with a few choice mods. With that said my current truck gets 10.5-11 but I'll be yanking the motor for some goodies in a couple months.

The Tundras are better built than the current GMs, just the aesthetics that dont do anything for me.

 

[kurt]

I bought a Tacoma on New Year's Eve. Employee pricing, year-end savings and a $1500 rebate knocked about $7000 off of MSRP.

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

Driving back from Amarillo to Austin I got ~19mpg. 75mph most of the time on cruise control.

 

[txinvestigator]

Congrats on the new truck.

 

[AKM]

I want a diesel but I wouldnt min having Alex' truck the ecoboost f150 twin turbo